George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament, allegedly received an allocation for 18 million barrels of oil from Saddam Hussein through the UN oil-for-food program in exchange for assistance in getting UN sanctions...
The Supreme Court of China Thursday confirmed its plan to remove the authority from lower courts to review death sentences , which is expected to decrease the number of execution sentences currently given and...
Jose Padilla has filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court, asking the Court to place limits on the government's ability to hold him and other terror suspects indefinitely without...
The Constitutional Court in Malawi Wednesday issued a temporary injunction delaying impeachment proceedings by parliament against Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika until the court has the opportunity to review parliamentary guidelines regarding...
US Representative Tom DeLay has informed US House of Representative officials that he neglected to disclose all contributions made to his legal defense fund as mandated by congressional rules. DeLay told House officials that...
US officials and members of the Iraqi government have mismanaged $24 million in reconstruction grants made by the US in 2004, and fraudulent activities may have occurred in some of the cases, according to a report released...
Members of the defense team for Saddam Hussein demanded Friday that his trial be delayed or moved outside of Iraq after the body of a kidnapped defense lawyer for one of Hussein's co-defendants was found [JURIST...
Retiring US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor called for clearer rules regarding prisoner detention and interrogation during a speech at West Point Thursday. O'Connor said the situations at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that illegal underage sex cannot be punished more harshly if it is homosexual. The case before the court involved convicted sex offender Matthew Limon , who was sentenced to...
The European Commission agreed Friday to negotiate with Bosnia to form a cooperation agreement that may result in the country's full membership to the European Union. The commission said that in order for talks...
